Peter Heeckt

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

EDGAR Online, Inc. provides business, financial, and competitive information over the Internet. It offers distribution of company data and public filings for equities, mutual funds and other publicly traded assets. The company was founded in November 1995 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Bayer Healthcare LLC provides healthcare and pharmaceutical medicines. It also provides researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing services for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The company is headquartered in Whippany, NJ.

Mitralign, Inc. operates as a valve repair company that engages in transcatheter annuloplasty system designed to treat both functional tricuspid regurgitation and mitral regurgitation. The Mitralign Percutaneous Annuloplasty System, MPAS, is intended for the treatment of symptomatic functional mitral regurgitation for annular reduction through tissue plication. The company was founded by Paul A. Spence and Richard P. Geoffrion in 2003 and is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

Direct Flow Medical, Inc. develops transcatheter heart valve technologies. It explores application of its technology beyond the aortic valve, to the mitral valve, and other valve anatomy. The firm’s Transcatheter Aortic Valve System is indicated for the treatment of patients with severe aortic stenosis, who are at risk for surgical aortic valve replacement. The company's system incorporates a polymer frame, which is expanded using pressurized saline and contrast for placement, assessment and repositioning. Direct Flow Medical was founded by Gordon B. Bishop and Randall T. Lashinski in June 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA.

Medtronic CoreValve LLC develops transcatheter technologies for failing aortic heart valves. Its proprietary ReValving System allows both percutaneous (PAVR) and transapical aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and is intended to provide an alternative to open-heart surgery. The company was founded by Jacques Seguin in 2001 and is located in Irvine, CA.

Part of Siemens AG, Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics, Inc. provides diagnostics systems and services. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA.

White Pine Medical, Inc. manufactures and markets medical devices. The company was founded in February 2010 and is headquartered in Park City, UT.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

RAC Group Ltd. provides motoring products and services. It offers breakdown coverage, insurance, vehicle repair and recovery, and roadside planner services. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Walsall, the United Kingdom.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales ensures that its members, students, and affiliates maintain the highest standards of professional competency and conduct to protect the public interest. The non-profit company is based in London, UK, and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. With over 150,000 members, the institute provides technical information, helplines, and communities to its members.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Lawrence Academy is an independent high school, which engages in the provision of education. It offers programs like The Arts of LA, College Counselling, Spartan Athletics, and Winterim. The company is headquartered in Groton, MA.

Nitinol Devices & Components, Inc. engages in the provision of medical device contract manufacturing solutions. It offers nitinol components, balloon expandable stents and balloon catheters, guidewires, biomedical textiles, and equipment. The company was founded by Thomas Duerig in 1991 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Emerson Hospital, Inc. provides medical and health care services. The firm offers anticoagulation center, behavioral health, comprehensive breast health program, concussion care, nutritional counseling, orthopedics, pain management, palliative care, pathology, home care, hospice care, and infusion services. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Concord, MA.

BlueWind Medical Ltd. develops and markets wireless neuro-stimulation devices for the treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain. It serves the medical industry. The company was founded in 2010 by Danny Neeman and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

Part of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., PricewaterhouseCoopers, Inc. is a South African company that provides accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services. The company is based in Sunninghill, South Africa.

Siemens Medical Solutions manufactures and markets medical equipment. Its products include magnetic resonance imaging systems, radiation therapy equipment and patient monitoring systems. The company also makes hearing aids. The company is headquartered in Erlangen, Germany.

Part of Hologic, Inc., Medical Testing Laboratory is a British company that provides medicine testing services. The company is based in Edinburgh, UK. Medical Testing Laboratory was acquired by Hologic Ltd., a subsidiary of Hologic, Inc. from Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain on July 16, 2001 for $0.77 million.

Singular Me Corp. builds scalable machine learning and deduction engine that uses the latest data science and big data algorithms in order to generate content and conditional rules that capture customers behaviors and beliefs. The company was founded by Carlos Araya and Marco Astua in 2012 and is headquartered in Saratoga, CA.

BioD LLC is a vertically integrated biotechnology company which engages in the development and commercialization of novel biologic products. The firm's products include BioDFactor, BioDRestore, BioDFence, BioDDryFlex and BioDOptix. The company was founded by Tim Brahm on June 6, 2008 and is headquartered in Cordova, TN.

Carao Ventures (Carao Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Allan Boruchowicz and Adrián García. The firm has headquarters in San Jose, CR.